Archive for December, 2005

Contrasting images of the Holy Family have shaken my reality as I write this column in mid-October and think forward to the Advent season when it will be...

The heads of seven church groupings from around the world are seeking to meet United Nations' Secretary General Kofi Annan to discuss continued UN action to cut the...

I don't like the Christmas season. December is the most stressful month of the year, the good cheer is forced down our throats, suicide rates are at their...

Dorothy Henderson, associate secretary for Christian education shares some of her favourite books for youth leaders, teachers and parents. All Kids are Our Kids, Peter Benson, Jossey-Bass. This truly...

The Supreme Court of Canada recently overturned a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling saying that the United Church is partially responsible for abuse incurred by students at its...

It is almost impossible to read Lewis without cribbing his material. Among the phrases that caught my attention on this reading of Mere Christianity: "Pride gets no pleasure...

The writings of C.S. Lewis have spawned a lengthy list of websites devoted to the author and his Christian musings. Below is by no means an exhaustive list,...

The civil war has been more active than ever this year, with 12,000 killed since the beginning of the war. Some very good recent news is that the...

The older I get the more I'm convinced that memory and smell are linked. I love the smell of Christmas: Sugar cookies baking. The turkey sizzling. I love...

Did you know once there were two Presbyterian churches in Goderich? Or that Knox Presbyterian Church in Goderich sponsored the first Wolf Cub Pack in Canada? Or that...

Although I have been reasonably active in church work for most of my life, after listening to (I used audio tapes, it was a radio broadcast first, after...

Why is it sometimes necessary to search outside of the formal writing of theologians to understand our faith? I am best able to understand the majesty of Christ...

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit parts of the south Asian subcontinent on Oct. 8. The quake was centered in the mountains of Pakistani Kashmir, near the Indian border,...

John Hoag and I were fellow members of Rosedale, Toronto, for 40 years. It was customary for John and Sarah and their two children, Hannah and Matthew, to...

For the message of the cross is foolish to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1...

Right off the top, I am going to admit that Mere Christianity was a difficult read for me. Besides the war imagery to which I am (thankfully) not...

Nine straight days of rains from Hurricane Stan saturated the porous volcanic soils within Guetamala in early October. The result was heavy flooding in the coastal areas where...

As a happily married heterosexual woman without children, I am offended by the argument that marriage without children is not really marriage. Michael Coren (October) uses this argument...

Mere Christianity is remarkably autobiographical in detailing C.S. Lewis's own questions as he moved from atheism to Christianity. Questions he posed, insights he gained and understandings he reached...